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Configure and manage file systems.
Convert from one file system to another file
system.
Disk Management, is a graphical tool for
managing disks and volumes. It supports
partitions, logical drives, new dynamic volumes,
and remote disk management. To open Disk
Management, click Start, point to Settings,
click Control Panel, double-click Administrative
Tools, and then double-click Computer
Management. In the console tree under Storage,
click Disk Management.
Format command
In Windows 2000 the format command creates a new
root directory and file system for the disk. It
can also check for bad areas on the disk, and it
can delete all data on the disk. For Windows
2000 to be able to use a new disk, you must
first use this command to format the disk.
You must have Administrator rights to format a
hard disk.
When you use the format command to format a hard
disk, Windows 2000 displays a message of the
following form before attempting to format the
hard disk:
WARNING, ALL DATA ON non removable DISK
DRIVE x: WILL BE LOST!
Proceed with Format (Y/N)?_
format volume [/fs:file-system] [/v:label]
[/q]
volume:
Specifies the mount point, volume name, or drive
letter of the drive you want to format.
/fs:file-system
Specifies the file system to use, FAT, FAT32, or
NTFS. Floppy disks can use only the FAT file
system.
/v:label
Specifies the volume label.
/q
You can speed up the formatting process by using
the /q switch. Use this switch only if there are
no bad sectors on your hard disk.
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